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Congratulations, Kathleen Macdonald of Bessemer City High School.She's our Kia Outstanding Educator for 2018-2019!
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From the Superintendent
Again this year, Kia of èAVƵia sponsored the Outstanding Educator Awards program that recognized the “unsung heroes” of èAVƵ. The program honored 55 employees – one from each school and one from the Central Office – who go beyond expectations to help our schools, but don’t always get praise for a job well done.
The Outstanding Educator Awards ceremony was held Wednesday, April 17 at Stuart W. Cramer High School. While all nominees were honored during the ceremony for their hard work and commitment to èAVƵ, one emerged as the Kia Outstanding Educator and received a new car from Kia of èAVƵia. A random drawing was conducted to see which nominee won the 2018 Kia Soul.
The Kia Outstanding Educator Awards ceremony has been an excellent program for the past six years, and had another suspenseful and exciting event. All schools had representatives at the ceremony to support their nominees.
We are extremely grateful to Chris Hafer, president of Kia of èAVƵia, for making this important recognition program possible. Mr. Hafer wanted to show appreciation and support for our schools and the car giveaway is how he says “thank you” to all school employees for providing excellent educational opportunities to children.
Our first four winners – W.A. Bess Elementary's Omer Salazar in 2013, Gardner Park Elementary's Stevie Anderson in 2014, W.A. Bess Elementary's Julie Shatterly in 2015, Pinewood Elementary's Kim Costner in 2016, and Stanley Middle's John Stone – were most deserving of the award and new car from Kia of èAVƵia.
W. Jeffrey Booker
Superintendent of Schools
